1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ASUNCI6N (NUESTRA SF.NORA DE LA AsuNddn), a city and port of Paraguay, and capital of the republic, on the left bank of the Paraguay river in 25° 16' 04' S., 57° 42' 40' W., and 970 m. above Buenos Aires. Pop. (est. in 1900) 52,000. The port is connected with Buenos Aires and Montevideo by regular lines of river steamers, which are its only means of trade communication with the outer world, and with the inland town of Villa Rica (95 m.) by a railway worked by an English company. The city faces upon a curve in the r…
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